BioHealth News Archive

New Enterprise Associates closes 14th fund at $2.6 billion, amid shift in leadership – Washington Business Journal

New Enterprise Associates closes 14th fund at $2.6 billion, amid shift in leadership – Washington Business Journal

Chevy Chase-based New Enterprise Associates has closed on what appears to be the largest venture fund in history at $2.6 billion, the firm announced…

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Baltimore’s first accelerator class ready to graduate; one company heads to San Francisco

Baltimore’s first accelerator class ready to graduate; one company heads to San Francisco

How time flies. Just last year, many of us in the Baltimore technology community were talking about whether our city needed an accelerator program.…

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Congratulations to BioHealth Innovation Inc. on Its New Home

Congratulations to BioHealth Innovation Inc. on Its New Home

Yesterday it was a pleasure to attend the BioHealth Innovation Inc. (BHI) open house at the historic Wire Hardware Building in Rockville to celebrate…

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Undergrads Invent Cell Phone Screener to Combat Anemia in Developing World

Undergrads Invent Cell Phone Screener to Combat Anemia in Developing World

Could a low-cost screening device connected to a cell phone save thousands of women and children from anemia-related deaths and disabilities? That’s the goal…

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QIAGEN Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results, Raises Full-Year Outlook and Announces Share Repurchase Program – MarketWatch

QIAGEN Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results, Raises Full-Year Outlook and Announces Share Repurchase Program – MarketWatch

QIAGEN N.V. announced results of operations for the second quarter and first half of 2012, delivering a solid performance and making significant progress on…

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Patent Docs: Grants for Funding University Technology Transfer Introduced in Congress

Patent Docs: Grants for Funding University Technology Transfer Introduced in Congress

Companion bills were introduced in Congress on April 25th of this year with little fanfare (particularly in comparison to the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act)…

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BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Moves to New HQ in Rockville

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Moves to New HQ in Rockville

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, has…

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Venture capital falls off its own fiscal cliff in Maryland

Venture capital falls off its own fiscal cliff in Maryland

Venture capital investment in Maryland companies in the second quarter plummeted to its lowest level in almost 16 years, according to a new report.…

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BCCC wins $600,000 grant to prepare students for STEM careers – Baltimore Business Journal

BCCC wins $600,000 grant to prepare students for STEM careers – Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore City Community College has won nearly $600,000 in federal funding to recruit and prepare minority students for careers in science, technology, engineering and…

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Executive Breakfast Brings Campus Companies Together

Executive Breakfast Brings Campus Companies Together

When it comes to the Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus, membership truly does have its privileges. And the 26 attendees of the recent Executive…

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BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Caps Next Phase Of Development With Move To New Headquarters And Addition Of Staff – MarketWatch

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. Caps Next Phase Of Development With Move To New Headquarters And Addition Of Staff – MarketWatch

BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI), a regional private-public partnership focusing on commercializing market-relevant biohealth innovations and increasing access to early-stage funding in Central Maryland, announced…

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SBIR rules could open R&D funds to foreign-owned companies

SBIR rules could open R&D funds to foreign-owned companies

Proposed rules for the Small Business Innovation Research program could allow foreign-owned companies to compete for these federal R&D awards, according to the Small…

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Humana Sponsors Blueprint Health Accelerator Program

Humana Sponsors Blueprint Health Accelerator Program

Humana Inc. continues its commitment to innovation, health and well-being by partnering with Blueprint Health and working together to spark change and make a…

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MedImmune to Streamline Vaccine Operations in California

MedImmune to Streamline Vaccine Operations in California

MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca PLC, announced that it is restructuring its infectious disease and vaccines research, development and operations.  This will…

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The Role of E-Prescribing

The Role of E-Prescribing

The current US healthcare system suffers from excessive bureaucracy and red tape-ism. Regulations have only made the care delivery process more complex with unnecessary…

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